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If we switch to an open LMS like Moodle, there will still be Google Apps integration.

some interesting reasons for using Sharepoint to manage Moodle files.

This is a system for allowing any Web 2.0 tool to generate SCORM data so you can collect grade scoring data and populate it into your LMS gradebook.

A great description of best practices with regards to lecture capture.

Free desktop tools to integrate with the Tandberg teleconference system.

great introduction to beginners for online learning.

"Barn Raising" is a technique you can use to jump-start the use of a wiki in your community. You get the community together and collaboratively build the site together, increasing buy-in and filling the wiki with useful material up front.

A cool project that makes it easy to create branching eLearning scenarios for delivery as an Android app.

This outlines how (and why) to let students create the final exam questions using wikis as a constructivist learning activity.

"According to the company, Gmail users who are utilizing Priority Inbox are spending about 43 percent more of their time "reading important mail." Google added that Priority Inbox users overall are spending 15 percent less time sifting through e-mail than those who aren't tapping the feature. Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20024822-17.html#ixzz17Rp8z3t0"

an actual study of the economic sustainability of open courseware distance learning efforts

Great article that defines students' level of comfort in educational learning tasks as a function of A) their comfort with technology, and B) their confidence as learners. Dispels the myth that technology is "native" to younger users, and provides a way forward in educating different students different ways.

This is a policy on the nature of UC Electronic communications. Goes further to prescribe user online behavior than many others.

A description of the concept of "Radical Trust". "the confidence that any structured organization, including government, library, business, religion and museum, has in collaboration and empowerment within online communities. Specifically, it pertains to the use of blogs, wiki and online social networking platforms by organizations to cultivate relationships with an online community that then can provide feedback and direction for the organization's interest. The organization 'trusts' and uses that input in its management."

Outlines the dangers when students and teachers use new media to communicate.

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